Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and ensure that the state gets its due share of electricity from power plants in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said in Hyderabad that he was ready for an open discussion about the prevailing power crisis in the new Telangana state even as he criticised the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) government for creating a controversy over every issue.

The number of dead from the cyclone 'Hudhud' stood at 43 in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu assuring that power supply would be back in the affected coastal districts by October 25.

Authorities were today busy taking steps to restore the battered infrastructure in Visakhapatnam and other cyclone-hit districts in coastal Andhra Pradesh, apart from ensuring supply of essential commodities.

People in this cyclone-ravaged port city in Andhra Pradesh continue to live without electricity and communication facilities for the third day on Tuesday. The lack of drinking water, shortage of milk and other essential commodities have added to their woes.

Cyclone Hudhud has reportedly killed at least seven people in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and left Visakhapatnam battered, knocking down electricity and telephone poles, damaging buildings and uprooting trees with winds gusting at almost 200 km per hour on Sunday.
Heavy rain is expected in Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and parts of Madhya Pradesh and Wes...

As per the proposal, the state electricity boards of Jharkhand, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh would be allowed to convert their outstanding loans till March 2013 into bonds as part of an amendment to the discom debt restructuring package.

The tropical cyclone Phailin, that pounded coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh last night, destroyed railway signals and high-tension electricity wires and uprooted tracks and railway platforms at various stations, bringing the rail services in the region to a halt.

Thousands of electricity employees protesting against the division of Andhra Pradesh for a Telangana state have reportedly decided to end their strike, in a major break for the state engulfed in a major power crisis while it faces a cyclone in 48 hours.

The government is planning to rope in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Power Grid Corporation to provide electricity to Andhra Pradesh where large parts are reeling under darkness due to protests and strikes against the Union Cabinet's decision to create a separate Telangana.

Talks between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and striking power sector employees, agitating against the creation of a Telangana state, yesterday remained inconclusive. The indefinite protests by around 30,000 government employees from the Seemandhra region has led to massive power outages, crippling normal life across the state.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and ensure that the state gets its due share of electricity from power plants in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said in Hyderabad that he was ready for an open discussion about the prevailing power crisis in the new Telangana state even as he criticised the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) government for creating a controversy over every issue.

The number of dead from the cyclone 'Hudhud' stood at 43 in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu assuring that power supply would be back in the affected coastal districts by October 25.

Authorities were today busy taking steps to restore the battered infrastructure in Visakhapatnam and other cyclone-hit districts in coastal Andhra Pradesh, apart from ensuring supply of essential commodities.

People in this cyclone-ravaged port city in Andhra Pradesh continue to live without electricity and communication facilities for the third day on Tuesday. The lack of drinking water, shortage of milk and other essential commodities have added to their woes.

Cyclone Hudhud has reportedly killed at least seven people in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and left Visakhapatnam battered, knocking down electricity and telephone poles, damaging buildings and uprooting trees with winds gusting at almost 200 km per hour on Sunday.
Heavy rain is expected in Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and parts of Madhya Pradesh and Wes...

As per the proposal, the state electricity boards of Jharkhand, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh would be allowed to convert their outstanding loans till March 2013 into bonds as part of an amendment to the discom debt restructuring package.

The tropical cyclone Phailin, that pounded coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh last night, destroyed railway signals and high-tension electricity wires and uprooted tracks and railway platforms at various stations, bringing the rail services in the region to a halt.

Thousands of electricity employees protesting against the division of Andhra Pradesh for a Telangana state have reportedly decided to end their strike, in a major break for the state engulfed in a major power crisis while it faces a cyclone in 48 hours.

The government is planning to rope in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Power Grid Corporation to provide electricity to Andhra Pradesh where large parts are reeling under darkness due to protests and strikes against the Union Cabinet's decision to create a separate Telangana.

Talks between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and striking power sector employees, agitating against the creation of a Telangana state, yesterday remained inconclusive. The indefinite protests by around 30,000 government employees from the Seemandhra region has led to massive power outages, crippling normal life across the state.

The Centre's decision to create a new Telangana state has paralysed Andhra Pradesh with blackouts severely affecting essential services and hampering normal life across the state. Hospitals in the Seemandhra region have been hit hard by the steadily worsening power situation due to the ongoing strike by thousands of employees protesting against the...

The indefinite strike by electricity employees in Seemandhra to oppose the Centre's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh continued to hit train movement in the state with railways cancelling several trains for the third day on Tuesday.

The Centre's decision to create a new Telangana state has paralysed Andhra Pradesh with blackouts severely affecting the health services across the state. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday told NDTV that he did not rule out resigning if the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was pushed through.

Protests against a decision to create Telangana state have left Andhra Pradesh staring at a major power crisis. I-T city Hyderabad has been suffering power cuts since morning and several trains have been cancelled, with thousands of electricity employees staying away from work. In another city in coastal Andhra, there is a shoot-at-sight order sinc...

The crisis in Vijaywada district of Andhra Pradesh, one of the major sites of intense opposition to Centre's plans to create Telangana, intensified further today with the closure of a power plant there.

The changes in current Financial Restructuring Package (FRP) have been proposed to incorporate the outstanding liabilities of Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh electricity Boards for the last three-six months.

Electricity department employees of Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday began a 72-hour strike to protest the proposed bifurcation of the state, thus affecting electricity generation and supply.

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on Tuesday admitted two petitions filed by Reliance Power seeking compensation for the increased cost on setting up 4,000 MW Sasan project due to rise in construction cost and fall in rupee value.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has condemned the arrest of senior Left leaders who were on an indefinite hunger strike here in protest against the proposed hike in electricity tariff and electricity cuts in the Andhra Pradesh.

Addressing a meeting of Joint Action Committee of Industries at Indira Park here, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that the TDP government in the past had addressed the power crisis in a democratic manner, by setting up the Electricity Regulatory Commission, and ensured nine hours of daily supply to agriculture.